The Guardian
Photographer Vanessa Vettorello’s project Wandering Star investigates double vision, an often misunderstood and complex condition that is rarely discussed openly Imagine a world where judging distance is a daily struggle and the simple act of pouring water into a glass requires intense concentration. At a school volleyball game, you see the ball and run for it, but you are always a moment too late. Diplopia means double vision. It’s a medical term and it’s defined as seeing two images of a single object when you’re looking at it. The most common cause of binocular double vision is eye muscle misalignment. Strabismus may be present all the time (constant) or occur on and off (intermittently). Usually, if strabismus starts in early childhood, double vision does not occur. Children will typically learn how to ‘turn off’ or ignore the double image when the eye misalignment is present. This is called suppression. In my case, even if it started very early, my vision was double and blurred, like in this image I created (above). Continue reading...
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